An offshore worker was fined nearly £1,000 on Tuesday after he admitted a racially aggravated assault on a bouncer when trying to get into Da Wheel Bar in Lerwick.Tysen Carthy, of Primrose Lane, Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, was in Shetland overnight because his offshore flight had been cance... Read more...

A diabetic driver has been fined £300 after he suffered an "incident" behind the wheel and crashed his car through a fence.Balazs Onhausz, 33, of New Street, Scalloway, admitted careless driving when he appeared in the dock at Lerwick Sheriff Court.The crash happened on 7th April when Onhau... Read more...

A fisherman whose boat ran aground at West Burrafirth, resulting in the death of his only other crewman, is beginning a six-month prison sentence after he admitted failing to keep a proper lookout.Christopher Smith, 39, of Glenburn Road, Hamnavoe, was told by Sheriff Philip Mann that a custodial... Read more...

A man has been warned to expect a prison sentence after he admitted supplying heroin at Islesburgh House in Lerwick.Ian Lloyd Smith, 43, from Higher Polshan Road in Paington, Devon, committed the offence between 8th November and 18th November last year.He appeared via video link at Lerwick S... Read more...

A Lerwick man has appeared in private at the town’s sheriff court charged with being involved in the supply of drugs.Andrew Alan Cheyne, 24, appeared from custody on a petition alleging contravention of the misuse of drugs act. He made no plea or declaration and was committed for further exami... Read more...

A man had been convicted of assaulting his ex-partner on various occasions before the pair split up last December.Robert Setrice, 41, of Skerpalea in Sandwick was found guilty of the assaults and breaching a bail order not to contact his partner after a trial at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Thursd... Read more...